Geography, SS 2, Week 4
Topic: Transportation in Nigeria
Contents:
- Definition of transportation
- Modes of transportation
Definition of Transportation
Transportation is the movement of people, goods and commodities from one place to another.
Modes of Transportation
There are 5 major modes of transportation in Nigeria namely:
- Human portage and the use of animal
- Water Transportation
- Land Transportation
- Air Transportation
Human Porterage and the use of animal were very common in precolonial days in Nigeria. Human Porterage. It is the means of transportation used in olden days. These involve the use of animals such as camel, horse, donkey, oxen and mules e.t.c. It is very common in Southern and middle belt areas of Nigeria to move goods and food stuff from production centres to the market. Transport by animal is common in the North for the movement of goods.
Water Transportation in Nigeria includes the use of oceans, lagoons and inland water ways and oceans. The inland water ways which includes the lagoons, canals, rivers, lakes,. Ocean navigation is operated from the seaports like Lagos, Sapele, Warri, Pot Harcourt, Calabar e.t.c. the means of water transport are canoes, ships, yatch, and ferry. water transport is good for international business.
Land transportation are majorly of two types: road and rail transportation
Three types of road are:
- Trunk A road: constructed and maintained by the federal government
- Trunk B road: constructed and maintained by the state government
- Minor roads: maintained by the local governments
The means are cars, motorcycles, buses; truck e.t.c. road transport is very flexible
Rail Transportation: is the first modern means of transportation in Nigeria, which involves the use of car, bike, and train. The rail is the first modern means of transportation in Nigeria. The rail lines were constructed between 1890 and 1930 and consisted of a total of about 3,500km of single tracks. It was built mainly for agricultural and mining purposes.
Air Transportation: it is the fastest and most efficient mode of transportation in Nigeria. It provides domestic and international services. Lagos State is the major hub of air transport in Nigeria
Pipelines are a mode of transportation used to move liquid commodities from one place to another e.g petroleum and gas. Pipeline linking Warri and Kaduna is a very important example in Nigeria
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